Lebanese helicopters struck Fatah al Islam positions in the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refugee camp. The Army estimated 70 Fatah al Islam fighters are left in the camp. Security forces arrested four members of a Fatah al Islam sleeper cell in the city of Sidon.
Yemeni security forces stopped an attack against government and business targets in the port city of Aden just hours before the attack was to be launched. Police said they were Iraqi war veterans, most of whom completed terrorist training for suicide attacks, who had fought beside local al Qaeda fighters and then sent to Yemen […]
Three Algerian terrorists and a soldier were killed, and a another soldier was wounded after a roadside bombing against a military patrol and subsequent operation to hunt the bombers. Mustafa Kartali, a former member of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) who accepted amnesty, was killed in a bombing outside a mosque in Algiers.
By Wesley Morgan, who is currently embedded in Iraq. Wes writes for The Daily Princetonian and was invited to embed in Iraq by Gen. David Petraeus. His assignment in Iraq is sponsored and financed by Public Multimedia Inc. Tuesday evening [note: August 7], after a delicious local lunch in the caf
The derailment of a train near St. Petersburg, which resulted in over 60 injuries, was the result of a homemade bomb, according to Russian investigators. The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service linked the bombing to the Chechen insurgency.
Hope and Despair in Divided Iraq
A new Cold War with Iran?
Iran’s disruptive hold over Afghanistan is rising
Pakistan fighting terror in its interest, not USA™s: Musharraf
James Ujaama pleads guilty to terrorism charges in Manhattan
Islamist sniper kills soldier at Lebanon camp
Yemen arrests 9 suspects in terrorist attack that killed Spanish tourists
Suicide bomber apprehended in Morocco
The Baqubah egion. Click map to view. Clearing operation launched against al Qaeda in Iraq in the Diyala River Valley On the same day Multinational Forces Iraq announced Phantom Strike, a major operation against the networks of al Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-backed Shia terror groups, Coalition forces announced the onset of a major clearing […]
Jordanians jailed for recruiting Iraq bomber
Turkey’s Gul picked for presidency
Pakistan: Watching the Camps
The explosion at a home in Pasuruan in East Java killed at least two and destroyed 12 homes. While initial reports claim the explosives where used for “fish bombs,” police found 10 kilograms of TNT and 934 detonators in the ruins. Detachment 88, Indonesia’s main anti-terrorist squad, was observing the region prior to the explosion.
Hamas security forces beat protesters in Gaza
The military offensive in the southern Philippines is officially underway. Abu Sayyaf leader Umbra Jumdail was wounded and his deputy Edimar Salip was killed in the offensive against Abu Sayyaf and MNLF on Jolo. The US has a $100,000 reward out for the capture of Jumdail, AKA Dr. Abu, who harbored Jemaah Islamiyah operatives Umar […]
Troops Shelter an Unlikely Survivor in Baghdad
Jirga sidesteps Pashtun radicalization
Battles raging in remotest Pakistan
The Taliban released two of the 21 South Korean hostages. Afghan police killed nine Taliban fighters in Kandahar province, while five police were killed in an IED attack.
Four civilians were killed in an IED attack in Swat, while three Taliban were killed in a military counterattack in South Waziristan after the Taliban attack a checkpoint. Police confiscated 4,000 kilos of explosives in Mardan. The TNSM fired rockets at a post in Bajaur. The NWFP government wants to negotiate with the Taliban in […]
Ambassador Crocker Visits Ramadi
Military: Truck Bombings In Iraq Decline
Iraq. Click map to view. Operation designed to uproot al Qaeda and Iranian-backed terror groups With one month left before General David Petraeus’ report to Congress on the status of progress in Iraq, Iraqi and Coalition forces have launched the next phase of security operations designed to pursue al Qaeda in Iraq, the Iranian-backed Special […]
Afghan Taliban Find a Haven in Pakistan, Musharraf Says
The Islamic Courts accused the government and the Ethiopian troops for the murder of two Horn Afrik journalists. Police arrested two suspects in the journalists’ deaths. Two civilians and a policeman were wounded in a grenade attack in Mogadishu.